b5111987 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Im installing LED's in my fretboard and iu saw this cool thing on sims website http://www.simscustom.com/html/simsleds.htm on the right the video shows a guy playing base with frat lights in and as he does them move and it looks cool and i really wanna do this to mine but anyone know how its done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemleggat Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Do a search, so so so many post on this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5111987 Posted July 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Do a search, so so so many post on this subject. ← on LED's yes i know all about them but not on this but not on the bit im on about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepultura999 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 I don't know why you would want it to blink whenever you hit a note. To me that would just get annoying. I am planning on doing an LED project, and want to go with lights that blink in a pattern, and with a knob I can adjust the speed. Look up Knightrider LED on google images. There are a few schematics. If you want it to do what sims does, check google but I doubt you'll find it. If you do, let us know! lol. Your best bet may be to buy one from sims with that option, and then open up your guitar and write down the schematic. -Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 I almost had an anurism reading that first post. Proofread, man, for heaven's sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrk- Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 (edited) I'm sorry this invention of thiers just cracks me up- Way to really blind your audience! Also, a question from me (not hijaking, it is relevant)- Whats the name of that guitar that has the LED's under every fret and every string, then has a knob like a tone knob where you select chords and shizzle and it lights them up? Also I'm not sure how you would do it by making it light up, the only way I can think of would be with a light dependant diode on the underside or something, but I don't think it would work too well. You can't do it on the fret itself with pressure sensors, because as you should know the string never touches the fretboard. Edited July 13, 2005 by Myrk- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 To get the flashing effect, he used a simple LM3915 VU Meter setup. See this thread: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...400&hl=vu+meter There's a little bit in there, but most importantly the schematics for what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MI Guitars Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Hi all, Been a lurker for ages. Time to start posting seeing as ive just finished my first guitar... I just built a VU meter kit and wired it up to the output of my guitar and it works sweet! It all lights up beautifully. I didnt even need to have a preamp at all... Only problem is when i wire it in with the normal guitar output I get crackling etc. I have wired the hot out to the + in on the circuit and the ground to the neg in. Any suggestions? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 (edited) Any suggestions? ← Here's what I've done to play around with this, and it usually helped out. Use no leads except for things coming directly from the jack. Solder another wire onto your hot output on the jack and run that to the VU's input, then solder another wire to the ground on the jack and run that to the ground on the VU. This is just a cleaner way of wiring it, instead of pulling everything off the pots and whatnot. I prefered it more, it's easier to look at and visualize in the schematics. I don't know if it will solve your problem, but it might make troubleshooting easier. EDIT - also, if we could see pics of what you've done and how you mounted it, that would rock. Mine were run into a booster pedal. One for the in, one for the out, so I could see (sort of) the amount of "boost" I was getting out of it as opposed to just hearing it. Plus it looks cool. Edited July 13, 2005 by StratDudeDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 You can see the finger laser thing on the Steve Vai Live at the Astoria London dvd. Vai and Billy Sheehan both wear them on Bad Horsie, with the leds in the guitar neck and stuff. Pretty cool. The other thing is the Fretlight guitar. It's like a training tool to show you chords and scales. Kinda like the old Roy Clark Big Note songbook idea, but not nearly as goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MI Guitars Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 StratDudeDan, Thanks for your input! Ive already got it wired to the output jack. Ive also noticed that the circuit distortd the signal slightly as well... Heres the kit I built: (Hope the link works) Jaycar Audio Meter I wonder if a pre amp would help? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5111987 Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 anyone got any videos or pics of them working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 check out steve vai's video live in austoria. he has leds and lasers and all that good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepultura999 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 If you need any LEDs, look no further You'll probably need only 10 percent of how much is being sold though lol http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt..._PcY_BIN_Stores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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